The Footie Fool

Getting ready to hope the ferry to Seattle to catch Canada Brazil tonight at Qwest. Just ahead of the game, here’s a few notes. First off, great news that Sportsnet will be showing the Canada Brazil game (tape delay) at 10am Eastern Sunday, June 1st. Looks like Soccer Day in Canada will actually be a [...]

TSN and Sportsnet will both be carrying selected Euro 2008 games, providing virtually full coverage of the tournament for the month of June. I say virtually because there is one day when Sportsnet is splitting the feed between East and West. On June 15th, Sportsnet Ontario & East will show Switzerland vs. Portugal, while Sportsnet [...]

TSN is building up to EURO 2008 by carrying classic Euro games from the past. Over the next few weeks you can catch a dozen or so games from Euro’s past on the main network here in Canada. A couple nights ago I came in halfway thru the stunning France vs England game from EURO [...]

Lots of stuff to report ahead of next weeks friendly between Canada and Brazil in Seattle. First off, reigning FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka underwent surgery on his knee in Rio today and is officially a scratch for next weekend’s friendly against Canada in Seattle. Also out of the lineup due to injury [...]

The squad going to Seattle for the Friendly against Canada on May 31st has been announced and as expected this ain’t no B team. Kaka, Robinho, Gilberto Silva, Anderson, Adriano, Julio Baptista, and wonderkid Alexandre Pato (who played here last summer in the U20 World Cup) are all in the lineup. Expect Canada to counter [...]

I give the CSA a lot of guff about their website. It seems like the last place to find up to date information about the Canadian Men’s National Team is the CSA website. Add to that the lack of community building features, video highlights or simple to find stats and you get a bit of [...]